homa

[ hoh-muh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

And o'er sacred rights of homa Brahmans chant their mantra high, There is heard the jackal's wailing and the raven's ominous cry!

The present chapters belong to the period of the revival of the Homa cult among the Mazdaists or Zarathustrians.

Sarpa homa is the name given to the somewhat elaborate ceremony of snake-worship.

All the fragments of the herbs which had been provided for Homa were then ground into powder.

The Homa is that sacrificial rite which consists of pouring libations of clarified butter into fire.

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